Territory



UNITED N STATES PETER MEREDITH, STEVENSVILLE, MONTANA TERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-WORKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,385, datedSeptember 26, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I', PETER P. MEREDrrH, of Stevensville, in the countyof Missoula and in Montana Territory, `have invented certainnew anduseful Improvements in Butter-Worker; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the `accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a butter-worker, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilledlin the art to which my inventionappertains to-make and use the saine, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 anend view of my machine. Fig. 3 isa side viewr of the butter-stamp.

.A represents an inclined bed, upon which the butterbox B moves back andforth, it being held between two stationary guide-bars, c a. O Crepresent two upright standards, connected at their upper ends by asuitable cross-bar and having grooves or guides on their inner sides, inwhich a cross-head, D, moves up and down. This cross-head is operated bymeans of a crank shaft, E, and pitman Gr, said pitman being hinged tothe cross-head, as shown in Fig. l. H is an upright or cam-bar havingtwo catches, d d, and hung to the lever I, which is pivoted to an armextending from one of the uprights O. From this lever rods e o connectwith the feed-hands or pawls J J', which are pivoted at suitable pointson a pivoted bar, K, said bar being connected with-and operated by thecross-head D. b is a block fastened to the cross-head D for the purposeof working the cam-bar H. L is a rack feed-bar, upon the inner side ofwhich is a project-ing lug, f, and on the butter-box, at the oppositeend, but on the side toward the feed-bar, is a similar lug, f.

When the machine is turned, feeding the boX B down the incline A, bymeans of the feed-hand J working in a ratchet-bar, h, attached to theedge of the butter-bo'xuntil the lug f comes against the cam-bar H, saidbar will be carried forward until it catches on the block b. This blockthen carries the bar down with the crosshead, bringing the lever I downso as to drop the feed-hand J into the feed-bar L, and at the same timeraise the feed-hand J out of the ratchet-bar h, when the, boX returnsuntil the lug f strikes the cam-bar and brings it again in contact withthe block b, thereby again reversing the feed.

O11 the cam-bar H is fastened a spring-block, M, straddling a stationarybar, N. On the nside of this block is a spring, i, bearing against thebar N for the purpose of holding the cam-bar H to its place and preventit from catching on the block b until the proper time, and at the sametime supporting the lever I and keeping it where itis wanted, so that itwill not drop down of its own weight when raised. O represents thebutter-stamp, which is dovetailed and keyed to an upright bar attachedto the cross-head D, `so that the stamp can readily be taken out at willfor the purpose of cleaning and scalding. Three or more projections, k7c, are fastened intothe stamp O, which make gutters in the butter forthe purpose of letting the milk and water run off. The bottom of thestamp is cut inclined or beveling, so that the milk and water willreadily run into the gutters formed bythe proj ectionsk Place the butterin the box and set the machine in motion, and occasionally roll it upinto a pile under the stamp. Occasionally throw a little cold water overit and rinse the milk off, and as soon as it is worked enough put in thesalt and work it until well salted; then take a clean white cloth, scaldit a little and rinse in cold water, then Wring dry, spread on top ofthe butter and run the stamp over it a couple of times; then wring dryagain and turn the butter over, and, after running the stamp over itonce or twice, spread the cloth and run the machine over as before. Thecloth is pressed on the butter and absorbs all the moisture and leavesit dry and in good condition to keep.

From the upper end of the bar which connects the butter-stamp with thecrosshead projects an arm, P, for holding the churn-dash, and byremoving the butter-box there is a place for a churn, thus enabling theoperator to run a churn with the same machine. j

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the cam-bar H provided with hooks d d, theblock bon the cross-head D,

and a spring or other equivalent device suitably arranged to hold saidcam-bar away from the blook except when forced close to it to change thedirection of the movement of the butter-box, substantially as herein setforth.

2. The arrangement of the cam-bar H, lever I, rods e e, pawls orfeed-hands J J, and the pivoted lever K connected with the cross-head D,substantially as and for the purposes herein set forti-1.

3. The butter-stamp O provided with projeetions k k, and keyed to thecross-head D so as to be readily removed, for the purposes herein setforth.

4. The combination of the inclined plane A with guides a a, butter-box Ewith lug j" and ratchet-bar h, and the feed-bar L with lug` f, allconstructed and arranged to operate substantial'- ly as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this10th day of June, 1871.

PETER P. MEREDITH.

Witnesses G. A. BAKER, J. B. BAKER.

